Throttle errors

Question

Hi, I sent some amount of requests through the API, i assume it was approximately few thousands in a very high rate of asynchronous requests (hundreds per second). I see throttle errors now when I try to access any endpoint.

Is there a quota for the total amount of requests per day ?

How about rate limit ?

Does it reset every day and next day I wont get the errors ?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for explaining what's going on. It’s easy to see why you're annoyed by those throttle errors after you sent tons of speedy API requests.

You're spot-on to wonder if a daily request thing or some kind of limit is behind this.

It’s super annoying when stuff just stops working out of nowhere.

Azure APIs, like Azure Resource Manager and other service spots, do have limits to keep everything running smoothly. These rules cover both quick bursts and how much you use things over time:

 

To fix your throttle errors now:

 

Check out the 429 errors and look at the Retry-After or Azure rate limit headers to know if you’ve hit a limit.

If it’s a quick spike, send requests in batches, slow things down, and try again later with a growing delay.

If it’s a long-term quota problem, spread out your calls or ask for bigger quotas if you can.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Best Regards,

Noel